The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-13
TALK ABOUT MEN.

Two gentlemen were sitting in the New Denl-
son Hotel lobby few evenings since, earnestly
talking about something that had interest only
for themselves. Both were known to be shrewd
men of business fact that an onlooker en-
phasized by saying Judge Martindale and A
L. Pogue, of Richmond, over there, were once
partners They have for each other the warm
est friendship, but when It comes to a trade be-
tween them, each is his mettle. Pogue is
the only man in the State Martindale takes
off his hat to as his superior in finesse." Judge
Martindale Is we'll preserved. as he IS no nearer
an age when men think about retiring from
business than he was fifteen years ago. He
meets reverses with the equanimity of a philoso-
pher and smiles blandly in the midst of success,
if 1t were everyday occurrence. one
would take him to be well-to-do professional
man, while another would say he is million
aire. He has success in both charac-
tiers, besides varying them with an expert
a newspaper proprietor. Perhaps no
man in the city estimates more quickly the force
of popular opinion. He seems to have an I'M
erring intuition to success or failure OF an en-
terprise. With this he is keenly alive to orig
mate or help along anything that Will make
busin ess active and the people good humored.
He wants to be in the hurry and hustle or at
fairs that quicken mems nerves and whet their
ideas A citizen said: Il would like to
see Judge Martindale Mayor, with large con-
tingent fund at his disposal He would make
things hum"
publican politicians of the State through his
valuable assistance in the campaign work last
year, and his very courteous attention to visitors
to the Republican headquarters. is now editing
the Lafayette Courier, and is only pleasing
the readers of the sheet. but is, according to
stories that told about him, having great
deal of fun. He does about all the writing him
self. and has more time left IT., than Hau., ne
is not rigidly dignifed that it
refuses to publicly acknowledge the little trib-
utes of estesm and kindly regard in the form of
bouquets, cigars and fruit that all popular edi-
tors continually receiving These little
things sometimes fall into the hands of the bust
ness manager. A few days ago editor Wilson
somewhat surprised to find IN his paper an
item that had not passed through his hands,
reading: 'The Courier staff is enjoying box
of very fine cigars presented by our genial
friend -" He suspected at once that the man
who takes in the dollars had also
taken in the cigars He cut the item out for
business manager smoked and smiled in most
exasperatine way, but in an unguarded mo-
ment left the Office for an hour without locking
the drawer containing the cigars, and when he
returned he found the box empty with clipped
item pasted in the inside reading, 1.-The Courier
staff is enjoying box OF very hne cigars pre-
sented by our genial friend -' Now Wilson
smokes and smiles while the business manager
does neither.
John P. Frenze. one of the most active sup
oo1 SOASAhOs
gressiveness about him to stamp him En-
glishman, but, withal, he possesses some Ger
man characteristics that will not let one forget
his ancestry. He holds tenaciously to his views,
which are generally clear, businessIke and pro-
gressive. He is shrewd, quick to step in line
with whatever he thinks the people ia
He is the youngest national bank presi-
dent in the country. He is an active Democrat
but he would not have to go far to become a
ap,,hl
but small margin between what he claims to
be and what ne ought to be. 1t is said that
if his admiration for Joseph E. Mcdonald was
less, the Democratic party would need some
to fill his place among the Germans. He Is
ambitious and takes excellent care not TO go
far outside the general trend of good business
aud political methods.
Henry Smith, the councilman from the Sixth
ward, is ambitious to rise politically. He went
into the Council as an independent Republican,
but was returned few weeks ago by a large
majority the regular candidate. He has
spent the most of his years among figures and
trial balanc es, but he found time TO learn some
thing about politics. In his last candidacy the
opposition against him-and it was for no par
ticular reasonable cause-amounted almost
to uproar. For the nomination he got clear
m ajority of nearly TIVE hundred over all his OPP
ponents But he is active in politics only few
weeks before elections. When they
he returns to business and works hard. AS a
councilman he has high appreciation of the
wishes of his constituents. 1t is doubtful if he
could be brought to the point of putting
himself in q position that would break the har-
mony that he wants have maintained between
them aud himself Mr. Smith has views.
thong b, and, while he is not frequent speaker
at the meetings of the board. what he says is al
ways direct to the matrer in hand. He IA
vors improvements, particularly in his own
ward, and it is this that caused most OF the re-
cent opposition to his return to Council. 1t is
understood that he will take prominent part
in the campaign next year a candidate for
county treasurer.